“Harder to push, not as easy actually to plow,” said Nick Sfravara. “It’s definitely a challenge to get this stuff out of the way rather than the light stuff.”

Boston is about 8 inches ahead of its normal snowfall pace for the year, according to the National Weather Service.

New York nuisance

In New York, the number is 23 inches above normal for the season.

The heavy snows are taxing salt reserves.

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared an emergency for the entire state.

Transportation regulators waived rest rules for salt-truck drivers to get remaining salt stockpiles moved to where they are needed: New York City and Long Island.

Kansas conundrum

But this was hardly a storm that just tormented the Northeast.

The wintry mess stretches from the Rockies all the way to the East Coast.

In Kansas, a 58-year-old man died Wednesday after a traffic accident the night before, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. It was the state’s third weather-related death of the week.

Hit with a foot of snow, the Kansas City, Missouri-area will still be digging out Thursday.

Crews in Overland Park, Kansas, had to start again after winds drifted freshly plowed roads shut.

“It would be nice to have everything hit … but realistically I don’t know if we are going to get it all done,” Greg Scharff, Overland Park’s public works superintendent, told KCTV. “We are geared for 4 inches of snow … and when we get excessive amounts, the timeline doubles and triples.”

CNN’s John Newsome, Greg Botelho and Tom Watkins contributed to this report.